Bleach
Bleach ({not transcribed}) , transitive verb
[Old English blakien, blechen, transitive verb & v. i., Anglo-Saxon blācian, blacan, to grow pale; akin to Icelandic bleikja, Swedish bleka, Danish blege, Dutch bleeken, German bleichen, Anglo-Saxon blāc pale. See Bleak, a.]
To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten.
The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid.
Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime.
Bleach , intransitive verb
To grow white or lose color; to whiten.